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Sambucus ebulus
Also called Danewort, dwarf elder, Dwarf elderberry, Danewort
A herbaceous perennial elder that spreads from an underground rhizome to form dense clumps of erect stems 1 to 2 m tall. It is a plant of hedgerows, road verges and disturbed ground, and it is grown mainly as a garden or medicinal plant rather than for ornament.
Sambucus ebulus, also known as danewort, dane weed, danesblood, dwarf elder or European dwarf elder, walewort, dwarf elderberry, elderwort and blood hilder, is a herbaceous species of elder, native to southern and central Europe and southwest Asia. The species is a well-established archaeophyte in much of the UK, and is also reportedly naturalized in parts of North America (New York, New Jersey and Québec).
All parts of the plant are toxic, especially the seeds. Much like the fruits of other elder species, this toxicity can be neutralized via cooking.
Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus L) is one of the best known medicinal herbs since ancient times. In view of its benefits as a widely applicable phytomedicine, it is still used in folk medicine of different parts of the world. In addition to its nutritional values, dwarf elder contains different phytochemicals among which flavonoids and lectins are responsible for most of its therapeutic effects. Dwarf elder has been used for different ailments including: joint pains, cold, wounds, and infections."
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
